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Maternal outcome of pregnancy in mozambique with special reference to abortion-related morbidity and mortality

In the capital city of one of the least developed countries, and using a hospital-based approach: The general aim was to characterise women who have undergone illegally and Jegally induced abortions, and to show the magnitude of both maternal mortality and abortion-related severe morbidity in adolescents...

Precise CD4 T-cell counting using red diode laser excitation: for richer, for poorer

Cytometry, Part A; 50 (2), 2002
Background: Measuring CD4 T-cell counts at low cost is relevant in dealing with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic throughout the developing world. The recently introduced novel concepts in gating strategies and sample stabilization facilitate affordable immunophenotyping by flow cytometry. ...

Syndromic management of sexually transmitted diseases at primary care level, Mozambique

Sex. transm. dis; 78 (1), 2002
To assess STD management in primary healthcare facilities where STD clinics and syndromic management guidelines had been introduced. Methods: In 26 health facilities in selected sites, we observed management of all STD patients presenting in the adult general or STD clinic. We assessed the referral syst...

Malaria in pregnancy in rural Mozambique: the role of parity, submicroscopic and multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections

Trop. med. int. health; 7 (1), 2002
Falciparum malaria affects pregnant women, especially primigravidae, but before malaria control programmes targeted to them can be designed, a description of the frequency and parity pattern of the infection is needed. There is little information on the frequency and effect of submicroscopic malaria infe...

Malaria in pregnancy in rural Mozambique: the role of parity, submicroscopic and multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections

Trop. med. int. health; 7 (1), 2002
Background: Falciparum malaria affects pregnant women, especially primigravidae, but before malaria control programmes targeted to them can be designed, a description of the frequency and parity pattern of the infection is needed. There is little information on the frequency and effect of submicroscopic ...

Normas de avaliação e tratamento do(a) paciente cirúrgico(a) diabético(a)

A diabetes mellitus ou diabetes sacarina - doença descrita pela primeira vez por Aretaeus de Capadócia em 200 A.C.- é um termo que designa um grupo de anomalias do metabolismo cuja manifestação clínica comum é a hiperglicémia. A diabetes resulta de a) deficiência de insulina e/ou de b) resistên...

Material deaths in Mozambique an audit approach with special reference to adolescence, abortion and violence

the main purpose of the present thesis was to elucidate the causes and circunstances that surround maternal deaths occuring in hospital de Maputo (HCM). The specific aims were 1: to identify the major causes of direct and indirect maternal deaths, and by utilizing the audit approach, to address the avoid...

Avaliação da equidade de género no sector de saúde nos distritos de Morrumbala, e Mocuba da Provincia da Zambézia

Moçambique atravessou grandes mudanças políticas, sociais e econômicas nos últimos anos. No entanto, apesar do progresso feito, a mortalidade-infantil e analfabetismo são ainda alarmantes. O reforço da participação das mulheres na tomada de decisões é chaves para o desenvolvimento da sociedade...